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Title: Question about PAL NES carts.
Post by mikeroach113 on 20. Mar 2007 at 20:57

How come on most PAL carts, the music and sound effects sound different from the NTSC NES carts?

Title: Re: Question about PAL NES carts.
Post by jajaja on 20. Mar 2007 at 21:25

Sometime (most times/always?) the music and the game itself is alittle slower. Best way for you to test it is to download an emulator that supports both NTSC and PAL mode and try both NTSC and PAL ROMs :)

Title: Re: Question about PAL NES carts.
Post by mikeroach113 on 21. Mar 2007 at 01:29

jajaja wrote on 20. Mar 2007 at 21:25:

Hmmm, why does it do that? It can't be because of the emulators I've used.

Title: Re: Question about PAL NES carts.
Post by jajaja on 21. Mar 2007 at 02:14

mikeroach113 wrote on 21. Mar 2007 at 01:29:

jajaja wrote on 20. Mar 2007 at 21:25:

Hmmm, why does it do that? It can't be because of the emulators I've used.

You mean the slowdown? The CPU on the PAL NES is a tad bit slower than the US NES. I'm not 100% sure why, but i'm pretty sure it has something to do with the 50/60Hz issue (NTSC uses 60Hz, PAL uses 50Hz).

Title: Re: Question about PAL NES carts.
Post by mikeroach113 on 21. Mar 2007 at 05:15

jajaja wrote on 21. Mar 2007 at 02:14:

mikeroach113 wrote on 21. Mar 2007 at 01:29:

jajaja wrote on 20. Mar 2007 at 21:25:

Hmmm, why does it do that? It can't be because of the emulators I've used.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.................

Title: Re: Question about PAL NES carts.
Post by NationalGameDepot on 21. Mar 2007 at 13:29

Anyone know a good site that has most the PAL rom's? Or better yet, anybody have the rom's that there would be willing to send me so I don't have to search for them all and do a bunch of downloads :-?
~~NGD

Title: Re: Question about PAL NES carts.
Post by Widar on 21. Mar 2007 at 16:19

NationalGameDepot wrote on 21. Mar 2007 at 13:29:

I added you on MSN, drop me a line when you're online and i'll send.

Title: Re: Question about PAL NES carts.
Post by jajaja on 21. Mar 2007 at 21:28

mikeroach113 wrote on 21. Mar 2007 at 05:15:

jajaja wrote on 21. Mar 2007 at 02:14:

mikeroach113 wrote on 21. Mar 2007 at 01:29:

jajaja wrote on 20. Mar 2007 at 21:25:

Hmmm, why does it do that? It can't be because of the emulators I've used.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.................

You dont belive me eh? hehe :P

NTSC NES = 1.7897725MHz
PAL NES = 1.7734474MHz

Its not much, but you will notice slower preformance in most games. Some are fully playable without any problem tho, some doesnt even work at all.

Title: Re: Question about PAL NES carts.
Post by mikeroach113 on 22. Mar 2007 at 23:02

jajaja wrote on 21. Mar 2007 at 21:28:

mikeroach113 wrote on 21. Mar 2007 at 05:15:

jajaja wrote on 21. Mar 2007 at 02:14:

mikeroach113 wrote on 21. Mar 2007 at 01:29:

jajaja wrote on 20. Mar 2007 at 21:25:

Hmmm, why does it do that? It can't be because of the emulators I've used.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.................

I didn't say I didn't believe you. I was just thinking.

Title: Re: Question about PAL NES carts.
Post by jajaja on 23. Mar 2007 at 02:24

mikeroach113 wrote on 22. Mar 2007 at 23:02:

I didn't say I didn't believe you. I was just thinking.

Hehe ok :) I just thought the long hmmm... was that you didnt belive me, no problem tho, thats why i came up with the numbers to prove facts ;)

Title: Re: Question about PAL NES carts.
Post by piteta on 24. Mar 2007 at 07:37

jajaja wrote on 21. Mar 2007 at 02:14:

the pal nes is a bit slower because it has to show 50fps while the ntsc version has to show 60, so this version has to be a little bit faster.